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Parliament Of Ireland.
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND .
fcONTlNUEn . U MR . FITZGERALD said he was not aware , before he entered the House , of the adjournment proposed , but he perfectly concurred in its propriety . He was happy to hear his Noble Friend declare his intention not to be diverted from the firm and just course of his Administration b y any clamour whatever . —Lord Cornwailis had come here the genuine Representative of his Sovereign ' s parental and humane regard for his people—he
was convinced that lie would be found , likewise , the Representative of his Royal Master ' s firmness ; that , founding his Covernment on his own great and virtuous character , he would meet the co-operation of all the independence and loyalty of Ireland , and that , thus supported , he could with security despise the insinuations of calumny , and the clamours of faction . — He called upon Ireland to join with him in ardent gratitude to a Nobleman , who , regardless of his splendid and well-merited reputation , forgot all his comforts , and all his honours , and at the call of duty and allegiance , came to hazard his tranquillity in our distracted politics .
Dr . Browne ( College ) said he had not been much m the habit of praising Lord Lieutenants , but he had always been in the habit of speaking his sentiments freely , whether of praise or dispraise . At present he had no hesitation in expressing his most cordial approbation of the Administration of Lord Cornwailis , fraught with humanity and wisdom , and he rejoiced that a man was come into the country who would not be governed by cabal , but by his own good sense and great experience . In every private company
almost some calumny was propagated against the-Lord Lieutenant and his Administration . He rejoiced to see that none such had entered that House , and that they seemed . unanimous in approving his conduit ; for he would not believe that any man in that House could have so little spirit as to sit silent , when he was thus challenged to come forward and impeach the Administration if he could . On the whole , he rejoiced in an opportunity of shewing that he did not oppose for opposition sake , and that when Administrations came , which he could support consistently with his own conscience , and his own sentiments of his honour , he was happy to support them .
The Attorney General assured Mr . O'Donnell , ( whose speech was given in aprevious number ) that while he was in office he would in future be careful to guard against any complaint of the abuse of protection , by punishing any Magistrate through" a due course of law in the King ' s Bench , without expence to the injured party . This , he conceived , would be a more effectual preventive of future abuses of that nature , than any discussion in that House could tend , to which the subject did not in fact properly belong .
The question for the adjournment was put and carried . Thursday , August 9 . —Lord Caulfield presented a petition from Lady Edward Fitzgerald ; and Mr . Neville presented a petition from the widow of the late B . B . Harvey , Esq . both praying to be heard by their Counsel against the Bill of Attainder now pending before the House . Mr . Barrington , while he hi ghly approved the late lenient measu ' . es of Government , and without investigating the motives to these measures , rtlieil they were prudent and wise , and would be found to justify such a policy , » s indeed their consequences had already shown , in lestoring peace and industry
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Parliament Of Ireland.
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND .
fcONTlNUEn . U MR . FITZGERALD said he was not aware , before he entered the House , of the adjournment proposed , but he perfectly concurred in its propriety . He was happy to hear his Noble Friend declare his intention not to be diverted from the firm and just course of his Administration b y any clamour whatever . —Lord Cornwailis had come here the genuine Representative of his Sovereign ' s parental and humane regard for his people—he
was convinced that lie would be found , likewise , the Representative of his Royal Master ' s firmness ; that , founding his Covernment on his own great and virtuous character , he would meet the co-operation of all the independence and loyalty of Ireland , and that , thus supported , he could with security despise the insinuations of calumny , and the clamours of faction . — He called upon Ireland to join with him in ardent gratitude to a Nobleman , who , regardless of his splendid and well-merited reputation , forgot all his comforts , and all his honours , and at the call of duty and allegiance , came to hazard his tranquillity in our distracted politics .
Dr . Browne ( College ) said he had not been much m the habit of praising Lord Lieutenants , but he had always been in the habit of speaking his sentiments freely , whether of praise or dispraise . At present he had no hesitation in expressing his most cordial approbation of the Administration of Lord Cornwailis , fraught with humanity and wisdom , and he rejoiced that a man was come into the country who would not be governed by cabal , but by his own good sense and great experience . In every private company
almost some calumny was propagated against the-Lord Lieutenant and his Administration . He rejoiced to see that none such had entered that House , and that they seemed . unanimous in approving his conduit ; for he would not believe that any man in that House could have so little spirit as to sit silent , when he was thus challenged to come forward and impeach the Administration if he could . On the whole , he rejoiced in an opportunity of shewing that he did not oppose for opposition sake , and that when Administrations came , which he could support consistently with his own conscience , and his own sentiments of his honour , he was happy to support them .
The Attorney General assured Mr . O'Donnell , ( whose speech was given in aprevious number ) that while he was in office he would in future be careful to guard against any complaint of the abuse of protection , by punishing any Magistrate through" a due course of law in the King ' s Bench , without expence to the injured party . This , he conceived , would be a more effectual preventive of future abuses of that nature , than any discussion in that House could tend , to which the subject did not in fact properly belong .
The question for the adjournment was put and carried . Thursday , August 9 . —Lord Caulfield presented a petition from Lady Edward Fitzgerald ; and Mr . Neville presented a petition from the widow of the late B . B . Harvey , Esq . both praying to be heard by their Counsel against the Bill of Attainder now pending before the House . Mr . Barrington , while he hi ghly approved the late lenient measu ' . es of Government , and without investigating the motives to these measures , rtlieil they were prudent and wise , and would be found to justify such a policy , » s indeed their consequences had already shown , in lestoring peace and industry